Vocabulary
CONTENT BUILDER FOR THE PLC
READING
Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 7 Reading
Fiction
7.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
7.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
7.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
Expository
7.10 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide
evidence from text to support their understanding.
7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
7.9 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the
difference between a stated and an implied purpose for an expository text.
7.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Text. Students understand how to glean and use information from procedural texts and documents.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
author’s purpose use context to determine or clarify meaning
details grade level academic words derived from
graphical component Latin, Greek or other linguistic roots and
main idea* affixes
opinion* complete part to whole and whole to part
organizational patterns analogies
summary* foreign words and phrases commonly
used
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus (meaning,
syllabication, pronunciations, alternative
word choice, parts of speech)
Poetry
7.4 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
7.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
7.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
Drama
7.5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
7.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
7.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
Literary Nonfiction
7.7 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns
and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
7.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
7.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory
language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
Persuasive
7.11 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide
evidence from text to support their analysis.
7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
7.9 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in
cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
7.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Text. Students understand how to glean and use information from procedural texts and documents.
important words for concept development related to the genre word study
words new to grade level previously introduced words
WRITING
Academic Vocabulary Analysis | Grade 7 Writing
Composition
7.17 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work‐related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific
audiences for specific purposes.
7.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
important words for concept development
words new to grade level previously introduced words
audience
draft
genre
graphics
multimedia
publish
thesis
topic
Revision
7.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
important words for concept development
words new to grade level previously introduced words
precise word choice coherence
vivid image focus
genre*
style
transitions
Editing
7.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.
conventions for editing
new to grade level previously introduced
PARTS OF SPEECH PARTS OF SPEECH
adverbial clauses and phrases conjunctive adverbs
adjectival clause and phrases subordinating conjunction
antecedents simple and compound sentence
appositive phrases
complex sentence
consistent tense
main and subordinate clauses
modifiers
parallel structure
paragraph to paragraph transition
participle
perfect and present tense verbs
prepositional phrase and influence on subject‐verb agreement
relative pronouns
sentence to sentence transition
PUNCTUATION
colon
commas after introductory words
commas after phrases
commas after clauses
semicolon
hyphen
SPELLING
use various resources to determine correct spelling